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Demospongiae > Poecilosclerida > Microcionidae > Clathria (Microciona) spinosa

Observed Characteristics:

Color:

red
orange

Morphology:

encrusting

Consistency:

soft

Sample Locations:

Bahamas

Species Description and Notes

Notes: Bright orange encrustations with smooth to spiny surface. Frequently found under platy corals, with their oscules showing up at the coral plate edge, in a way similar to Mycale laevis (Carter, 1882), also pictured here.

Author Reference: Wilson, 1902

 

Link: World Porifera Database

 

Images

Clathria (Microciona) spinosa


Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Sweetings Cay
Photographer: Sven Zea

Location: Bahamas, Great Inagua
Photographer: Sven Zea